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Senate Refuses to Confirm Magu as EFCC Boss

Mr. Ibrahim
Magu who has served as the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) since 2015 has not yet being confirmed by the Nigerian Senate
while he was there on Wednesday.

President
Muhammadu Buhari, however, resubmitted Magu’s name on the 23rd of January,
2017, after consulting with the leadership of the Senate.

The Senate
however, turned down his confirmation, citing security reports as reason why it
would not go ahead to confirm Magu.

While
answering questions from the Senators on the allegations preferred against him
by the security agencies, Magu said he was arrested and detained by the
Nigerian Police for over 2 weeks, over the allegation that he was carrying
official files and documents.

“I was
locked longer than necessary for over 2 weeks, I was detained with armed
robbers at Area 10.

“Another
allegation was that, I was living in an apartment which belongs to Air
Commodore Mohammed Umar.

“The truth
was that, I was staying in Karu and was almost late for official assignment, so
the authority got a new place for me”, Magu explained.

He gave a
brief scorecard of his regime as acting Chairman of the EFCC, which includes,
the $153m, $927m, £74,000 recently recovered from Andrew Yakubu and others, as
well as the N49m recovered at the Kaduna Airport on Tuesday.

A mild drama
however, turned out when the Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, drew
the attention of the Senate to a security report submitted to the office of the
Clerk on Tuesday, 14th March 2017.

Paragraph 14
of the said report reads in part: “In the forgoing, MAGU has failed the
integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the anti graft
agency”.

Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, the Chief of Air
Staff has said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is expecting new fighter aircraft
from no fewer than four countries to boost its capabilities, Owojela’s Blog
reports.

Walmart, a
popular retailer announced this Friday that it will begin testing a new service
that will allow customers with August smart home devices, like the August
doorbell and security cameras, to have their packages delivered inside their
home instead of left on the doorstep, Owojela’s Blog learnt.

Deloitte , a
corporate finance giant suffered a cyber-attack that compromised confidential
data, including the private emails of some of its clients, the company has
confirmed as Owojela’s Blog reports.

Google is
launching the successor to its Pixel smartphone on October 4, which is coincidentally the 2nd year anniversary of Africa’s fastest growing
blog Owojelas Blog, as confirmed by a new advertising campaign and official
landing page citing the date, and suggesting that anyone who is “thinking about
changing phones” tune in for more information coming on October 4.

First Lady of
the United States, Melania Trump had a royal meeting on Saturday. Before the
start of the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto, Prince Harry and Trump met and sat
down together. Kensington Palace posted a photo on Saturday afternoon of the
meeting.

At least
three UN peacekeepers were killed Sunday during an attack on their convoy in
Mali, the UN mission to the conflict-torn country said, without specifying
their nationality, Owojela’s Blog learnt.